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Golf: From the Ball Forward

by Dr. Gerry E. Crumbley

106 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-0400; ISBN 1-55369-587-9; US$14.95, C$23.02, EUR15.00, £10.40

If you just want to play golf and have fun, to be able to hit it and find it and hit it again, to be able to play bogie golf or better, don't think about what happens in the backswing. Think about what happens from the ball forward: Let your mind take over and your natural abilities come out.

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About the Book Have you ever asked yourself these questions: Why is it so hard for me to play golf? Why does my brain seem to go blank at the top of my backswing? Why can't I feel as though I KNOW where the ball is going? I've taken the lessons and read the books, what's missing? I understand what they're saying, so why can't I seem to improve? Why can't I seem to do what the instructors are teaching me? Why? Can you play softball or baseball pretty good? How about tennis, or hockey? Then why can't you be just as good playing golf? It doesn't make sense, does it? This book explores a whole new approach to the PURPOSE of the golf swing. It does not teach swing mechanics, but rather focuses on helping to change your perception of actually what happens during the golf swing. There is no cure-all for the golf swing; there never will be. It's all in our heads. If we let our brain take over, we will be amazed at what we can do! Keeping our minds focused on what it is that we're trying to do and not on how to do it, allows our brain to make the necessary changes to accomplish that task, automatically. I'm not a pro, and never will be. This book is not perfect, not complete, and not the answer. But golf is beginning to be a lot more fun!

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About the Author Dr. Gerry is an amateur golfer. His thought process is free of any mechanical and technical jargon. As a health care professional he has been trained to ask the question "why". Why is this patient ill or in pain? What is the cause? Why did it happen? He has been trained to look for the cause of disease or pain and not simply treat the symptoms. Dr. Gerry has taken this training and applied it to his golf game. He understands the brains amazing ability to control the body. This new "swing thought" has changed his game 100%. He's not a pro and never will be, but golf is beginning to be a lot more fun! He was fortunate to have been asked to treat the players at the 1998 Sarazen World Open Golf Tournament. He worked with many PGA and European Tour players including Brad Faxon, Payne Stewart, Bernhard Langer and Mathias Gronberg. He was also asked to provide care for the players at the 1999 John Smoltz Celebrity Golf Classic. http://www.forwardgolf.net

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Sample Excerpts or Table of Contents

Well, as I racked my brain and researched the golf swing I began to get some crazy thoughts. And, for some reason those crazy thoughts actually made sense to me. Thoughts that have actually helped me play better golf. Thoughts that I take with me on every swing. To me they're the ultimate "seeing through." So, I want to share these thoughts and ideas with you so maybe they will help you "Play" golf and not just swing at the ball."

"There is something very simple that separates poor golfers from good golfers I've seen fat men shoot 70, I've seen hunks who couldn't hit the ball 200 yards. I've seen the most goofy, awkward swings that hit the ball right down the middle every time, and I've seen great swings who end up all over the course. My question is WHY? It's obviously NOT all in the swing. There's got to be something else." "I want to try to get you to think of the golf swing differently. Try to get you to think of what happens from the golf ball forward. By doing so you will allow your brain to fire the muscles and make changes necessary to get you to accomplish what it is that your'e trying to do."

"Here's one important lesson: You must know what it is that you are wanting to accomplish in order for your brain to cause reponse to get your body to do it. You must know ahead of time what you want to do."

"Think about throwing a rock at a tree. Do you think of where your elbows are? Do you think of your wrist flexion? Do you think of shifting your weight forward? NO. The only thought you have is where do I release this rock in order for it to start toward the target. That's it. You're thinking from the rock, forward."

"First we must understand this: You don't try to hit the ball! I know you're saying, "OK. This guy has lost his mind! How can I get the ball to go down the fairway if I don't HIT it?" Listen, I didn't say don't hit the ball, I said don't try to hit the ball."

This book explores a whole new approach to the PURPOSE of the golf swing. It does not teach swing mechanics, but rather focuses on helping to change your perception of actually what happens during the golf swing.

There is no cure-all for the golf swing, there never will be. It's all in our heads. If we let our brain take over we will be amazed at what we can do!"

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
2 Not Having To Think Helps
3 You Can't "Think" Swing, It Just Happens
4 Don't Try To Hit The Ball
5 Our Focus Should Be On What Happens AFTER Impact
6 Calibrate Your Brain
7 Your Maximum Energy is Not Released At the Ball,
But At The Target
8 There Are Only Two Points
9 Your Backswing, There Is A Point
10 How Do You Know Where The Face Is Pointing?
11 Heads Up?
12 Putting: We Are Not Machines
13 Triangulation: A Better Perspective
14 A Few More Thoughts
15 The Moral of the Story

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